live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom); to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
trad. 身在曹營心在漢
Also written 身在曹營心在漢【shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn】
Characters in this word
6身
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body, life, oneself, personally, one's morality and conduct, the main part of a structure or body, pregnant, classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset, Kangxi radical 158
- Pinyin
- shēn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3095 of 2500
在
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to exist; to be alive, (of sb or sth) to be (located) at, (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- Pinyin
- zài
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 6 of 2500
曹
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surname Cao, Zhou Dynasty vassal state
- Pinyin
- Cáo
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 11868 of 2500
营
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camp, barracks, battalion, to build, to operate, to manage, to strive for
- Pinyin
- yíng
- Traditional
- 營
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 7939 of 2500
心
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heart, mind, intention, center, core, CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 837 of 2500
汉
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Han ethnic group, Chinese (language), the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
- Pinyin
- Hàn
- Traditional
- 漢
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 10539 of 2500